Donegal Rally 2009: Day 2 Leaderboard – Gareth MacHale maintains lead

Photo: Eymard Brennan (www.rallyimage.com)

Gareth MacHale (pictured above), in the Ford Focus WRC, has maintained his pace from the first day by continuing to lead the Donegal International Rally after Day 2.

MacHale’s pursuers had no answer today and the Dubliner has now opened up a 40.8s lead with one day remaining. Eamonn Boland is still second in his Subaru S12C, though he had been down to third place… Continue reading

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Eugene Donnelly ready for Topaz Donegal Rally 2009

Photo: Roy Dempster (www.roydempster.com)

Eugene Donnelly heads to the Topaz Donegal International Rally very much the favourite to claim another victory as he seeks to add to his tally of ITRC wins.

He will be aiming for his fourth Donegal win, fourth Tarmac Championship win of the season and his 18th ITRC victory which would be two shy of Bertie Fisher’s all-time record.

The remarkable thing is that his latest… Continue reading

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Sebastien Loeb onboard Knockalla Donegal Rally 2007 – Full Stage

Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena onboard the Citroen C4 WRC, SS10 Knockalla, of the 2007 Donegal Rally.

Loeb loved his visit to the Donegal Rally that year with the Citroen Sport team. They were competing on the event  as a warm up for the inaugural Rally Ireland.

Commenting on his Donegal experience Loeb said:

On my side, I familiarised with those fast, narrow and bumpy stages and with this very… Continue reading

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